Countdown to the Face-Off Classic: 11

In its fourth year, the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic has become the unofficial start to the college lacrosse season, pitting some of the best teams in the land against one another in front of an enthusiastic Baltimore crowd at M&T Bank Stadium. We will be counting down the days to the event with a new fact from now to March 6th. Have you bought your tickets yet?

Countdown to the Face-Off Classic: 11

Saves for Princeton's Tyler Fiorito in the 2009 FOC

A highly-touted recruit out of Baltimore, Tyler Fiorito had one game under his belt before taking the field against Johns Hopkins at the 2009 Face-Off Classic, splitting time with backup Nikhil Ashra. But against the Blue Jays, Fiorito was on fire, stopping five shots in the second quarter alone as the Tigers ran out to a 9-3 lead at the half. At the break, Ashra told then-coach Bill Tierney to stick with the hot-handed freshman in front of his hometown crowd and the McDonogh grad put together his first career complete game, on his way to finishing fourth in the NCAA in goals allowed. Fast forward one year and Fiorito is one of the key goalies in the nation, but will have to match wits with a Johns Hopkins offense that has had a year to study his tendencies. How will he fare against the Jays? We'll find out at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic.